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A humorist is a person who writes or performs humorous material. The material written and/or performed by humorists tends to be more subtle and cerebral than the material created by stand-up comedians and comedy writers. The intention is often to provoke wry smiles and amusement rather than outright belly laughs.
Notable humorists include:
- Al Capp (Li'l Abner)
- Al Clouston
- Alan Coren
- Ambrose Bierce
- Andy Borowitz
- Andy Offutt Irwin
- Anne Roumanoff
- Art Buchwald
- Artemus Ward
- Aziz Nesin
- Baba Ali
- Bill Richardson
- Bill Watterson
- Bob & Ray
- Bolesław Prus
- Brian Unger The Unger Report
- Bruce McCall
- Arthur "Bugs" Baer
- Calvin Trillin
- Cecil Adams (The Straight Dope)
- Chelsea Handler
- Chris Kanik
- Christian Lander
- Christopher Buckley
- Dave Barry
- David Rakoff
- David Sedaris
- Demetri Martin
- Dick DeBartolo
- Don Herold
- Don Marquis
- Dorothy Parker
- Doug Kenney
- Dr. Seuss
- Drew
- E.B. White
- Ebrahim Nabavi
- Ellis Weiner
- Eric Nicol
- Erma Bombeck
- Evan Esar
- Fran Lebowitz
- Frank Zappa
- Gad Elmaleh
- Garrison Keillor
- Gary Lautens
- George Ade
- George S. Kaufman
- George Saunders
- Guy Wetmore Carryl
- H. Allen Smith
- H. L. Mencken
- Harmon Leon
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Helen Rowland
- Henry Alford
- Herb Shriner
- Hugh Laurie
- Hugleikur Dagsson
- Ian Frazier
- Ivor Cutler
- Jack Handey
- James Finn Garner
- James Thurber
- Janey Godley
- Jerome K. Jerome
- Joe Queenan
- John Bingham Morton (pen name: Beachcomber)
- John Hodgman
- Josh Billings
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Lennie Lower
- Lewis Burke Frumkes
- Lewis Grizzard
- Linwood Barclay
- Mark Shulman
- Mark Twain
- Martin Lewis
- Max Shulman
- Merrill Markoe
- Michael "Atters" Attree
- Michael Gerber
- Nick Teplitz
- Nicolas Canteloup
- Ogden Nash
- Oscar Wilde
- P. G. Wodehouse
- P. J. O'Rourke
- Patrick F. McManus
- Paul B. Lowney
- Paul Rhymer
- Paul Rudnick
- Petroleum V. Nasby
- Raffaele Palma
- Raymond Devos
- Richard J. Needham
- Ring Lardner
- Robert Benchley
- Robert Grossman
- Roberta Beach Jacobson
- Roger Price
- Ron Sparks
- Roy Blount, Jr.
- Russell Baker
- S. J. Perelman
- Sarah Vowell
- Scott Adams (Dilbert)
- Scott Fivelson
- Sholom Aleichem
- Stefano Benni
- Stephen Colbert
- Stephen Fry
- Stephen Leacock
- Strickland Gillilan
- Stuart McLean
- Tim Sample
- Tom Sharpe
- Veronica Geng
- Victor Borge
- W. Bruce Cameron
- Walt Kelly (Pogo)
- Wil Shriner
- Will Cuppy
- Will Ferguson
- Will Rogers
- William Combe
- William Tenn
- Woody Allen
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